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Saturday, June 18, 2011

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The Technium: The Clock in the Mountain

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There is a Clock ringing deep inside a mountain. It is a huge Clock, hundreds of feet tall, designed to tick for 10,000 years. Every once in a while the bells of this buried Clock play a melody. Each time the chimes ring, it's a melody the Clock has never played before. The Clock's chimes have been programmed to not repeat themselves for 10,000 years.

‘We Do It for the Lulz’: What Makes LulzSec Tick?

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Cyber Rebels: What Makes These Feared Hackers Tick?

Scientists turn memories off and on with flip of switch

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Scientists have developed a way to turn memories on and off -- literally with the flip of a switch. Using an electronic system that duplicates the neural signals associated with learning, they replicated the brain function in rats associated with long-term learned behavior, even when the rats had been drugged to forget. "Flip the switch on, and the rats remember. Flip it off, and the rats forget," said the leader of the team reporting the result.

Cow [comic] (NSFW)

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Meanwhile, at Mount Reinebringen

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Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics

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A Georgia project throws a spotlight on an unusual, and ethically sensitive, friendship between Justice Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow, a Dallas real estate magnate and a major contributor to conservative causes.

Van Jones at Netroots Nation: ‘We are the deep patriots, they are the cheap patriots’

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Environmental activist Van Jones, a former advisor to President Barack Obama, rallied the crowd with a keynote speech Saturday afternoon at the Netroots Nation conference in Minneapolis.

Atheists who protest too much risk affirming what they oppose

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If atheism is, indeed, a belief system, then it is one honoured by beer bottles, blocks of wood and weed-infested escarpments. After all, none of those things believe in God either.

Giffords Makes 1st Trip to Tucson Since Attack

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords lost little time after her release from the hospital in returning to her hometown, visiting Tucson for Father's Day for the first time since shortly after she was gravely wounded in a shooting rampage in January.

Flooded Chinese river at highest level since 1955

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A flooded river in eastern China is at its highest level in more than 50 years, the government said on Friday as thousands of train passengers were stranded after landslides buried parts of a railway line in the southwest.

Hacker Mulls Banning Pirate Apps With iOS 5 Apple Jailbreak

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A hacker working on a jailbreak for Apple's upcoming iOS 5 says he is considering introducing a very controversial feature. Stefan Esser, known online as i0n1c, says the idea of installing his own DRM in order to block pirate apps is going "ping pong" in his head. The team behind Installous, the world's largest cracked app repository, informs TorrentFreak this is a very bad idea.

Libya 'uses Mosques as Shields'

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Nato accuses Libyan leader Col Gaddafi of using mosques and children's parks as shields after Tripoli said Nato was targeting civilian buildings.

Superconductivity's third side unmasked

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The debate over the mechanism that causes superconductivity in a class of materials called the pnictides has been settled by a research team from Japan and China. Superconductivity was discovered in the pnictides only recently, and they belong to the class of so-called 'high-temperature superconductors'. ...

Lightning Eclipse from the Planet of the Goats: APOD June 18th 2011

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Thunderstorms almost spoiled this view of the spectacular June 15 total lunar eclipse. Instead, storm clouds parted for 10 minutes during the total eclipse phase and lightning bolts contributed to this dramatic skyview. Captured with a 30 second exposure, the scene also inspired what the editor considers may be the best title yet for a picture during the 16 year history of Astronomy Picture of the Day. (Title credit to Chris K.) Of course, the lightning reference clearly makes sense, and the shadow play of the dark lunar eclipse was widely viewed across planet Earth in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The picture itself, however. was shot from the Greek Ikaria island at Pezi. That area is known as "the planet of the goats" because of the rough terrain and strange looking rocks.

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of the iPhone Camera's HDR Functionality [PICS]

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The iPhone 4 offers "HDR" functionality that can help you get the most out of the phone's built-in camera. Here we take an in-depth look at the feature and offer advice as to when it's best to use it and -- just as importantly -- when it's not.

VT cops want limitless computer searches? EFF says no!

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The amicus brief urges the Vermont Supreme Court to reject the state's petition for extraordinary relief and uphold the limitations placed on the search warrant.

The 13 Craziest Hockey Riot Videos of All Time

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As these 13 hockey riot videos prove, hockey fans are just plain nuts. With riots dating back to the 1950s, hockey fans have needed little motivation to start tipping cars and burning their jerseys in the streets after a big game.

Hilarious collection of the photos with dad that children (and wives) would rather forget

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Spare a thought for the unlucky children - and wives - featured in this set of excruciatingly embarrassing photos released by website AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.

How To Almost Always Win Rock Paper Scissors

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The game rock-paper-scissors is man's premier problem-solving tool. Instead of relying on luck to win, use these proven techniques.

5 Reasons Green Lantern Doesn’t Suck

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Based on the internet, you'd think that Green Lantern was the worst movie since Batman & Robin. Thankfully it isn't.
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